All the News That's Fit to Eat: Anti-GMO Labeling Bill Hits the Senate, Shark...
Busy week? We’ve rounded up the major food news you might have missed. Tough Road Ahead for Roberts GMO Labeling Bill (Politico’s Morning Ag) Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts...
View ArticleCan emoji help kids make better food choices?
The effort to improve nutrition and fight obesity among children has been significant and multifaceted: healthier school lunches, increased physical activity, enhanced oversight of fast-food marketing...
View ArticleRELEASE: New Conservation Option for Organic Farms Unveiled
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ferd Hoefner, Paul Wolfe, 202-547-5754 New Conservation Option for Organic Farms Unveiled U.S. Department of Agriculture to assist in establishing up to 20,000 acres of...
View ArticleLunch with Marion Nestle: the powerful foodie taking on soda giants
Marcus Strom -Feb 26, 2016 Professor Marion Nestle at Flying Fish restaurant in Sydney last week. Photo: Louise Kennerley What Coca-Cola isn't telling you about health funding in Australia Jessica...
View ArticleMaytag Dairy Farms Expands Voluntary Recall Of Blue Cheese Products Due To...
Maytag Dairy Farms 800-247-2458 641-791-2010 Monday – Friday Ross Parman 202-494-8195 View Product Photos NEWTON, IOWA – Maytag Dairy Farms is expanding its voluntary recall of “Maytag Blue” blue...
View ArticleSmelling a corporate rat
A new study suggesting a Monsanto GM maize and the company's Roundup herbicide may pose serious health risks has been widely attacked, not just by scientists and commentators but also by scientific...
View ArticleA Bumper Crop of Microloans: Farmers Turn to Kiva Zip for Capital
Dan Mitchell is an independent journalist in Oakland, Ca. He has written for The New York Times, Fortune, Modern Farmer , Wired, and many others. In wrapping up a recent conversation with Kiva Zip’s...
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On this page, you will find a scroll-down list of statistics indicators and their definitions in the box below. The land-related statistics are disaggregated by gender and include specific data on land...
View ArticleTraining Farmers to Be Better Business People
For over 40 years, Adam DeGroot’s family has grown potatoes and peppers at their farm just south of Chicago. But it has only been for the last three years that the farm’s veggies have graced the lunch...
View ArticleHas the Organic Movement Left Black Farmers Behind?
land redemption agreement ends next fall and if he doesn’t come up with the near $60,000 he owes, he could lose it all. Organic farming—and the price premiums it brings—is one of his last strategies...
View ArticleStop Roasting Your Veg in a Screaming-Hot Oven
When we talk about the Vegetable Revolution—you know, that whole thing where restaurants are cooking veg we actually want to eat—we place much emphasis on treating our veggie friends like meat. Sear...
View ArticleShould Your Favorite ‘Good Food’ Brands Be Lobbying More in D.C.?
With the crush of headlines this week, you could probably be forgiven for missing this bit of news, which is that Kind, maker of those increasingly popular wholesome snack bars, has hired a lobbying...
View ArticleOur Heroes: Bianca Piccillo & Mark Usewicz of Mermaid's Garden Community...
Bianca Piccillo and her husband Mark Usewicz manage Mermaid's Garden (MG), a community supported fishery and sustainable seafood market based in Brooklyn, NY (find MG in our Eat Well Guide). Blending...
View ArticleIs there a serious problem with coffee capsules?
The German city of Hamburg has banned coffee pods from state-run buildings as part of an environmental drive to reduce waste. Should others follow suit, asks Chris Stokel-Walker. First there was the...
View ArticleOCA: Call Your Senators Today! Tell Them No Compromise on GMO Labeling!
Monsanto and its GMO food front group, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), are mounting a last ditch effort to get Congress and President Obama to block state GMO labeling laws. Sen. Pat...
View ArticleSeed bank aims to protect world's agricultural inheritance from Syria war
The wild wheat seed had travelled from Aleppo to the Arctic circle in northern Norway. It has now come almost full circle to Lebanon’s Bekaa valley, where an effort is under way to save the world’s...
View ArticleWalmart's UK Stores Sell Ugly Vegetables. It's Time To Copy Them.
You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, nor a vegetable by its wonkiness. While cosmetically imperfect produce tastes the same as its shapely counterparts, it is often overlooked, thrown away and...
View ArticleWe Think Breakfast Salad Should be a Thing
Breakfast is having a moment: Sam Sifton extolled its benefits, Eater just celebrated a week of it, and Lucky Peach devoted an entire issue to it. (Why now?) The essential elements of the Most...
View ArticlePesticide Combination Impacts Often Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts, New...
Most scientists, farmers, and regulators usually consider the health effects of pesticides one at a time. But that’s not always how they’re used. A new report by researchers at the University of...
View ArticleWTO swats down India’s massive solar initiative
The World Trade Organization delivered a blow to India’s ambitious solar power program on Wednesday at the behest of the United States. So much for all that nice chatter about international climate...
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